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title: 'Exactly how underrated is the Pacific Northwest startup market?'
date: '2021-02-04T11:57:27-08:00'
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  - Oregon
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# Exactly how underrated is the Pacific Northwest startup market?

If you’ve been following the ongoing “Bay Area Brain Drain” exodus news, you’re seeing a few startup hubs coming to the fore. Miami is quickly becoming the go to spot for a number of reasons. Atlanta continues to assert its dominance. And tried and true Austin remains a perennial favorite for those escaping the valley of silicon. But where is the Pacific Northwest mention in this whole thing?

Madrona’s Dan Li posited that question a few weeks back and it’s turned into a super interesting Twitter thread that’s worth reading.

> I don't know much about Miami or Austin, but I am 100% sure that the Seattle/PNW startup market is seriously underrated and underreported. 👀
> 
> — Daniel Li (@danielxli) [January 21, 2021](https://twitter.com/danielxli/status/1352312520950726656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)



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